one8tvw
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Aroma is strong banana with vanilla undertone. flavor is spot on banana/rum smoothie.
Has anyone else that said they were going to brew this started?
Yes. Currently at 9 days in primary and moving to secondary later this week. I changed up the grain bill a bit and went with different hops, since my lhbs didn't have any saaz on hand:
50% 2-row
25% caramel/crystal 20
25% white wheat
.75 oz hallertau mittelfruh @ 60
.25 oz hallertau mittelfruh @ 10
Everything else is/will be the same. Also, it's a BIAB.
Thanks for pioneering this. I'm hoping I'll be as happy with mine as you are with yours. This is my 2nd brew ever, so I guess we'll wait and see.
Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention I also dialed back the OG to 1.050 in order to get a final ABV around 5.2 (not including whatever the bananas and rum do to it).
Yes - Currently in secondary on banana puree.
Only thing I changed was going with Cascade for my hops.
Plan to keg it in two and a half weeks.
i just entered 2 bottles into a homebrew contest, lets see how they fair
This thread has inspired a couple friends and I to brew up a banana stout. I'll be using 8lbs of bananas in about 7.5 gal of beer. I'm wary but looking forward to it.
you know...its people like you that keeps my girlfriend mad at me...just one more sweetie.This thread has inspired a couple friends and I to brew up a banana stout. I'll be using 8lbs of bananas in about 7.5 gal of beer. I'm wary but looking forward to it.
... Thinking it has to do with the oils in bananas?
I was curious about this as well given oils do kill head and bananas do have oil.
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